Afrinpost- Special
In the context of changing the culture of the occupied Kurdish region of Afrin in northern Syria, the Turkish occupation authorities are seeking to establish more projects of religious institutions and mosques at the expense of service institutions.
In the context, “Afrinpost” correspondent reported that he learned from a reliable source, according to an employee working in the Endowments Directorate of the Turkish occupation, “that the Turkish intelligence has informed the settler who is investing the” Judy “bakery to evacuate it, in preparation for the establishment of a religious project, which an institute for memorizing the Qur’an.
Earlier, the occupation authorities demanded that the settler pay an amount equivalent to five million Syrian pounds per month, or he would be expelled from the bakery in case of refusal.
The reporter stated that the presence of an empty piece of land next to the bakery obviates the seizure of the bakery, and added that the current trends of the occupation authorities tend to increase reliance on sheikhs and imams, those who are spreading extremist ideology, especially those affiliated with the so-called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Al-Qaeda branch in Syria.
It is worth noting that Judi’s bakery, located next to the Wednesday market (the bazaar), is owned by a Kurdish citizen from Afrin, who is forcibly displaced, and on a site adjacent to Judy’s bakery, the ceremony was held on 07/25/2020 to lay the foundation stone for the construction project of Al-Zakirien Mosque, which It’s establishment was adopted by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Society (IHH), which is known for its extremist activities and its involvement in transporting weapons to Syria.
It is noteworthy that the occupied Afrin region is witnessing an increasing in building mosques, and the Kurdish imams have been dismissed under the pretext of working for the former Autonomous Administration, and other settlers and supporters of Jabhat al-Nusra / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Al-Qaeda branch in Syria, have been appointed.
